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"...dizzy" was right on target. It was the weirdest waste of time I ever remember on network television, and seems to be the trend in opening-and-closing Olympic ceremonies. Next time, I'll skip watching the ceremonies, ping pong, "artistic" gymnastics and "Chuckie"-like synchronised swimming, and will simply tune in to the traditional Olympic competitions. Gad!

60 Minutes edited out the following Ryan Statement, link on Drudge. Typical MSM

"Ryan added, “My mom is a Medicare senior in Florida. Our point is we need to preserve their benefits, because government made promises to them that they’ve organized their retirements around. In order to make sure we can do that, you must reform it for those of us who are younger. And we think these reforms are good reforms. That have bipartisan origins. They started from the Clinton commission in the late ’90s.”"

Ryan's "reform" is his voucher system. It's on the net for all to read. Senior citizens of today have no worry, but those 55 and younger will be given vouchers up to $6,000. Even the CBO said it's not workabout for long term. BTW, the $700B Priebus accused Prez Obama of taking from Medicare is a LIE, and is being repeated to frighten us. The repub/tparty took a figure and applied it to the incorrect category. Over the next few years, we will see a saving in Medicare because of the money saved from fraud, double billing, etc. Remember, repub/tparty is for corporations only, not for us. They campaigned on jobs in 2010 and worked diligently to increase unemployment. They legislated on women's heath issues instead and on voter ID. Repub/tparty are devoid of any integrity, especially since the Big Money people are now in the act of contributing unlimited amounts.

Of course the Olympics out did the Presidential shuffling. The Olympics happen only 17 days or so once ever four year. The political campaign...and it's ad infinitum rhetoric...lasts 365 days a year...for 4 years! And as long as the networks make money on the ads, it won't go away in the forseeable future.

And as for catching up on Romney and Ryan? Tune in tomorrow to catch up on the same old same old. "As they used to say in the 1960's..."Same bat station...Same Bat channel!"

It was a surprise to hear Romney chose Ryan, as his campaign announced they would wait until after the Olympics were over. Then to choose Ryan? Please, the Ayn Rand apostle, supports to cut spending on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, while slashing taxes for the wealthiest. One of his cuts is the mortgage deduction that will hit the middle class the most, but not him because his mansion is listed in the History Site and he automatically gets a 20% deduct. There's more. Please read Ryan's record. Prez Obama IS working to strengthen the middle class. WE need a strong Democratic Congress to continue the upward movement in our economy. Thanks for all you do.

Bosh. What an article. Who doesn't have cable? Saturday was a 24hour blitz of goodness--from my perspective. Sunday, a solid 13K or so of us were at the rally. Be afraid left, be very afraid. We CAN turn this country around. yes-we-can.